Catering Convention Services Manager (Caesars Palace LV)

Caesars Entertainment • Las Vegas, NV

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About The Position

A Catering Conventions Manager's expertise can range between novice and experienced. At the novice level, he or she is expected to manage themselves and follow established rules, guidelines, and procedures. This person is responsible for the overall success of assigned conventions. Manages, coordinates, and executes group contracts for the property ensuring all contractual agreements pertaining to guest room blocks, meeting space, food and beverage, and contracted concessions are fulfilled. Effectively communicates to hotel departments the information necessary to successfully execute a group's needs while maintaining a good client relationship. Fosters superior relationships with both customers and support departments daily.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of college level courses with an emphasis on business or communications required.
• Bachelor's degree in Hotel Management, Business Administration, Marketing or Communications preferred.
• Minimum of one-year experience at a supervisory level in guest contact areas of the hospitality industry.
• Food and Beverage or Hotel operations preferred.
• Math and analytical skills necessary to accurately solve and communicate financial and space utilization calculations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Delphi FDC, LMS or other hotel operating system, Internet and Meeting Matrix preferred.
• Hotel product and industry knowledge, including staffing, operations, safety, security, union rules, structural terminology, fire, police and health codes, hotel policies, city ordinances.
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language to fully comprehend guest requests, memos, proposals, general correspondence and similar written materials.
• Ability to learn and perform all essential job functions accurately and safely with minimal direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer relationships from account turnover through execution of event.
• Drive high customer satisfaction by maintaining positive guest and employee relations acting as a liaison between the guest and support departments.
• Partner with banquet and hotel operations teams to ensure events are executed as expected by clients.
• Maintain and increase guest satisfaction scores by ensuring prompt, courteous and proper service.
• Generate incremental revenue through upsell of contracted food and beverage minimums and by promoting preferred vendors.
• Establish and maintain relationships with client base to encourage re-booking of events.
• Create and distribute correspondence and paperwork including BEO's, group resumes, fire marshal diagrams, and other established forms.
• Promote the meeting diamond program and encourage support departments participation in the overall success of all group and event business.
• Review sales contracts and understand group requirements for room block, cut-off date, special concessions, attrition clauses, and meeting space requirements.
• Conduct and/or participate in planning meetings, department meetings, BEO meetings, resume meetings, pre and post conference meetings.
• Proactively identify and seek to resolve potential service, product or other damaging issues that may negatively affect the customer and/or the hotel.
• Maintain detailed files, computer folders and accurate recording of information in Delphi.
• Keep files neat, complete and in a state of readiness in accordance with departmental guidelines.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Accommodation
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree